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Intergenerational Trauma: Understanding and Addressing Racial Trauma in Behavioral Health
Trauma informed care tends to emphasize individuals’ experiences after isolated traumatic events in their own lives. But what about trauma extends beyond the individual, and even the present day? Collective trauma, also known as intergenerational trauma, is how trauma experienced in one generation affects the health and wellbeing of descendants of future generations (Sangalang & Vang, 2017), which can lead to a range of psychiatric symptomology and a greater vulnerability to stress in general. This has been examined in the offspring of survivors of abuse, ...
Supporting Clients Who Observe Ramadan
This presentation explores the observance of Ramadan, highlighting spiritual, cultural, and practical considerations that may affect the needs and engagement of individuals receiving mental health services. Attendees will gain insight into the significance of the holy month, including fasting, prayer, and community obligations, and how these factors influence access to services. The presentation will provide strategies for culturally humble and inclusive support, ensuring that providers effectively meet the needs of clients who observe Ramadan. Community resources will also be provided.
The Blueprint for Hope: Helping Clients Build a Vision for Recovery
A client's vision for their future is a powerful catalyst for change. This interactive workshop equips behavioral health practitioners with the tools to help adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorder move beyond their diagnosis and create a compelling vision for a life in recovery. Through hands-on practice with clinical techniques like strengths-finding, Socratic questioning, and therapeutic writing, participants will learn to inspire hope and empower clients to build a future defined by their values and aspirations.
Supporting Client Transitions With a Critical Time Intervention Approach
The critical time intervention (CTI) model is a time-limited, evidence-based practice that mobilizes support for our communities’ most vulnerable individuals during periods of transition. It facilitates community integration and continuity of care by ensuring that a person has formidable ties to their community and support systems during these critical periods. In this training, participants can expect to learn about the CTI model and develop skills to help clients transition out of intensive clinical programs like Full Service Partnership (FSP). Through case scenarios and discussions, participants ...
Naloxone Info Session: Helping Providers Prevent Overdose
This is a quarterly info session on naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan), an opiate overdose reversal medication that can be used by providers and laypersons to intervene in opiate overdose. Each session will cover what naloxone is, how it works, general opiate information, how to administer it, where to access training and supply, as well as addressing misinformation and overdose prevention strategies from a harm reduction approach.
Collaborative Team-Based Care in ACT and FACT
Collaborative interprofessional teamwork is the cornerstone of effective service delivery on ACT and FACT teams. In this training, we will define interprofessional, transdisciplinary approaches to healthcare and discuss how these approaches differ from interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team approaches. We will discuss key features of transdisciplinary teamwork on ACT and FACT teams and guidelines for facilitating effective team collaboration through daily team meetings. We will also review characteristics of teamwork that promote provider wellbeing and facilitate the successful implementation of evidence-based practices within healthcare teams. Learning Objectives: Describe ...
First Person Perspectives: From Incarceration to Recovery
This training will provide a first-hand account of the experience of incarceration, reentry and recovery from those who have lived through it. Trainers will describe their day-to-day experiences of incarceration and the strategies they used to cope with that experience. In addition, they will explore the challenges and opportunities inherent in transitioning to the community from a correctional facility. They will also discuss how incarceration has affected their personal identity and behavior, and provide insight into the sources and impact of stigma on their recovery. ...
Foundational Skills for Suicide Assessment and Coping with Client Risk
Therapists frequently encounter clients who exhibit risky or suicidal behaviors. These situations can provoke significant professional fear, ethical uncertainty, and personal anxiety. Research shows that these fears often stem from concerns about client harm, legal liability, and professional competence, potentially compromising therapeutic effectiveness and clinician wellbeing. This training offers an overview of suicide risk management through both a clinical and emotional lens, equipping therapists to navigate these challenges with confidence and competence. Participants will learn to differentiate between suicidal behavior, parasuicidal gestures, and non-suicidal self-injury, while ...
Self-Care for Field-Based Outreach Workers
Studies show that 83% of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress, with 25% naming their job as the number one stressor in their lives (The American Institute of Stress, 2022). These rates are even higher for individuals in social service settings due to factors such as emotional labor and the traumatic realities that clients may face. These factors place outreach workers at higher risk for work-related traumatic stress. Therefore, it is vital that field-based outreach workers are equipped with the knowledge and tools needed to ...
Recovery Orientation as a Foundation of Practice
In this workshop, participants will explore recovery-oriented practice and how it shapes work with clients. Having a recovery-oriented approach emphasizes the importance of aligning treatment with what is meaningful to the individual, rather than solely focusing on symptoms and clinical interventions. This shift challenges traditional clinical goals and promotes a more person-centered approach to care. Participants will begin by examining the fundamental difference between clinical recovery—which focuses on symptom remediation—and personal recovery, which is about helping individuals define and pursue a fulfilling life based on ...
